Sunday power outage due to faultSome Kodiak residents lost electricity shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday due to a suspected underground fault in Kodiak Electric Association power lines. Buildings in the Mission Road, Spruce Cape and Woodland Acres areas were affected by the outage, which lasted approximately three and a half hours, ...

Relay races strong for 2015 cancer fundraiser Kodiak’s Relay for Life, the annual 24-hour fundraiser to raise money for and awareness about cancer research, is ramping up. During Relay events, people sign up as part of a team and raise money for the American Cancer Society. Then, the goal is for at least one member of each team to walk on a ...

Council to get update on Near Island permit WednesdayThe Kodiak City Council is scheduled to receive an update on a conditional use permit for the quarry on Near Island permit at Wednesday’s work session after the city failed to get the quarry expansion reviewed and the quarry has moved into conservation lands. According to a memo in the council’s ...

Chugiak sweeps Post 17The final home series of the season for Kodiak Post 17 wasn’t an enjoyable one. Chugiak, the high school state champions and Alaska's top legion team, swept a four-game set against Kodiak at Baranof Field, winning Saturday’s league games 8-1 and 8-2, and taking both nonleague games, 18-2 and 4-3....

Kodiak Island Births: July 21Andrew Ray Christofferson III was born at 1:44 p.m. on July 9, 2015, to Andrew Jr. and Maggie Christofferson. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches long. His father is originally from Ouzinkie and his mother is originally from Teller, Alaska, and they now live in Kodiak. The baby’s fath...

A Kodiak flounder that rocks your soul I’ll be the first to admit that halibut fishing has been tough so far this year. There are fewer fish and they’re scattered. To find better fishing you have to move deeper and resort to heavy gear in many cases. We love our halibut as much as the next family, but in truth we have a better answer ...

BUILT KODIAK TOUGH: Local man awaits arrival of Xtaero demo boat If you’re building a rugged boat designed to tackle the most extreme environments, it makes sense to design one for a Kodiakan and show it off in Kodiak, one of the largest fishing ports in the United States. A Seattle-based boat company president says that's exactly what he had in mind when he b...